Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Compliance Automation (Platform)

Engg; United States; Remote; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a Staff Machine Learning Engineer for Compliance Automation (Platform). This remote-USA role focuses on building Agentic AI systems to automate compliance workflows, from investigation to decision support, with auditable and regulatorily defensible outputs.

You will own ML architecture, guide model selection, grounding, and guardrails, and mentor engineers on responsible AI practices, while collaborating with Compliance, Legal, and Operations teams.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years in ML and software engineering, shipping production ML/Agentic AI systems.
• Experience with LLM applications, prompts, grounding, and guardrails.
• Proven ability to build evaluation/monitoring for ML in production.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build production Agentic AI systems for compliance automation.
• Own ML direction for compliance agents including model selection and guardrails.
• Design evaluation frameworks to measure performance, detect drift, and ensure auditability.

Skills

8+ years ML

LLM development

Prompt engineering

Python

LangChain

Vector databases

Compliance tooling

Tools

LangChain

Airflow

Spark

Vector DBs

Job description

# Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Compliance Automation (Platform)Coinbase · Remote - USALocation: Remote - USASalary: $218,025 - $256,500 USDFunding: Public CompanyPosted: Oct 29, 2026Coinbase is hiring a Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Compliance Automation (Platform) based in Remote - USA. Every apply link on Engg.space goes straight to the company's own careers page - no recruiter middleman, no generic job-board form.Apply directly at Coinbase## Role detailsReady to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase , we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for \"good enough,\" you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase . As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer on the Compliance Automation team within the Platform group, you'll build the AI systems that are reimagining how Coinbase executes compliance operations at scale. This team designs and ships Agentic AI solutions that automate compliance processes, from investigation workflows to decision support, replacing manual operations with intelligent, auditable, and measurable automation. You'll own the ML architecture for production compliance agents, driving technical decisions on model selection, grounding, guardrails, and evaluation while partnering with Compliance stakeholders to ensure every automated output meets regulatory standards. What You'll Do: Architect and build production Agentic AI systems for compliance automation, including LLM-powered agents, orchestration pipelines, and decision support workflows that replace manual compliance processes Own the ML technical direction for compliance agents, driving model selection, prompt engineering, grounding strategies, and guardrail design that ensure agent outputs are accurate, auditable, and regulatorily defensible Design and implement evaluation and measurement frameworks that quantify agent performance, detect hallucinations and drift, and provide the auditability compliance teams and regulators require Partner with Compliance, Legal, and Operations stakeholders to translate complex regulatory workflows into automatable technical specifications, identifying which processes are candidates for full automation vs. human-in-the-loop augmentation Mentor engineers on ML system design, LLM application patterns, and responsible AI practices, raising the team's technical bar for production AI systems Required Skills and Experience: 8+ years in machine learning and software engineering, with demonstrated experience shipping LLM-based or Agentic AI applications to production Deep expertise in LLM application development, including prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), grounding techniques, hallucination reduction, and agent orchestration frameworks Proven track record building evaluation and measurement systems for ML models in production, including monitoring for drift, accuracy degradation, and output quality at scale Strong Python proficiency with hands-on experience in GenAI frameworks and ML infrastructure (e.g., LangChain, vector databases, Airflow, Spark, or equivalent orchestration and data processing tools) Experience in compliance, regulatory technology, financial crimes, or similarly regulated domains where auditability, explainability, and correctness of automated decisions are critical Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)). Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $218,025 - $256,500 USD Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period. Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. US Applicants: View Employee Rights , Know Your Rights , and E-Verify Notice of Participation. Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation, email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com. Need screen reading technology? Click here to download a free compatible screen reader and view the tutorial . Data Privacy & Arbitration: By submitting your application, you agree to our Candidate Privacy Notice . US applicants: By submitting your application, you agree to Arbitration of Disputes .